Blanket binding



April 15, 1947. D. M. IRWIN BLANKET BINDINGS Filed Dec. 3, 1945 Patented Apr. 15, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BLANKET BINDING Dwight M. Irwin, Charlotte, N. C.

Application December 3, 1945, Serial No. 632,349

2 Claims.

The present invention relates to bindings, and more particularly to bindings for blankets such as bed, crib and baby blankets, lap robes, horse blankets and kindred articles.

It is an object of the present invention to provide multiple bindings for articles of the nature pointed out.

It is a further object of the invention to provide such articles with a series of bindings which are superimposed on the articles and are progressively removable from the articles.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application, wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 illustrates a view showing a blanket with the invention assembled thereon; and

Figure 2 illustrates a sectional view of the assembly taken along the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral I designates part of the body of a blanket or kindred article. These blankets are ordinarily provided with a binding on two or more of its edges to protect the edges of the blanket and to. provide an ornamental effect for such blanket.

According to the present invention, the blanket is provided with a series of bindings or multiple bindings II, I2 and I3 along its edges. Each of the bindings is of progressively increasing size whereby the binding I3 is the smallest and binding II the largest, although they all may be of the same size if desired.

In the preferred construction illustrated, the binding I3 is afiixed to the edge of a blanket by means of rows of stitching I l, the binding I2 occupying a position over the binding I3 and extending beyond the stitched end of binding I3 and is affixed to the blanket by rows of stitching I5, The topmost binding II overlies both of the bindings I2 and I3 and extends beyond the stitched ends I I and I5 and is attached to the blanket by rows of stitching I6. A look stitch is preferred for all stitching. Each of the bindings II, I2 and I3 is of the folded over type, that is, they envelop the edge of the article to which they are attached. As illustrated, the bindings II, I2 and I3 are spaced from one another and free from each other and of progressively increasing cross-section. The bindings may each be of the same or of contrasting color, or they may be of the same color of th blanket. Any suitable material such as silk, rayon or kindred material may be utilized for the bindings.

As thus constructed, when the binding II of the blanket II] becomes worn or soiled, it can be easily removed by ripping the lock stitches I6, thus presenting the new building I2. When binding I2 becomes worn or soiled, it is likewise removed by taking hold of the stitches I5 to present the new binding I3. The latter binding may be removed like bindings II and I2.

If the removed bindings I I, I2 and I3 are merely soiled, they can be laundered and again attached to the blanket edges. It is believed clear that each of the bindings is separate from one another and each attached to the blanket by separate rows of stitching I4, I5 and I6.

I claim:

1. In a blanket, a series of superimposed bindings along an edge of the blanket, each of said bindings being of progressively increasing width, and means for removably attaching each of the bindings separately to the blanket.

2. A blanket having a binding secured over one edge of said blanket by lock stitching, a second binding over said first binding and. secured to said blanket by lock stitching separate from the first stitching, and a third binding over the first and second bindings and attached to the blanket by lock stitching separate from the first and second stitchings, each of said bindings being of increasing width.

DWIGHT M. IRWIN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 718,943 Allan Jan. 20, 1903 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 318,286 Italian June 8, 193'! 

